It's almost time for Kindergarten Roundup! Check out the flyer and register with the following link: https://forms.gle/7RAXbatRnuqWZJeF8
How does Olympia approach the protection of student data? We have an entire page of our website dedicated to how this is handled. From FERPA to COPPA to SOPPA, you can learn it all here:
https://www.olympia.org/page/student-data-privacy
When kids start to go online, whether they're playing multiplayer games, using educational apps, or just following their curiosity on Google, it's important that they understand the basics of online privacy and safety. With some general guidelines around what information is and isn't OK to share, and some help from parents when they're unsure, kids can have fun and learn a lot in the digital world.
When kids go online, whether they're playing multiplayer games, using social media apps, or posting their latest creative expressions, it's important that they understand how to keep their private information safe. With tips on how to avoid scams and protect their personal data, tweens and teens can travel all over the digital world -- and still be in charge of their digital footprints.
We will expand on these tips throughout the month during our Family Tips series!
Don't forget about our March Madness Reading Challenge! Log all your reading minutes and return your reading log every Friday! Currently Mrs. Miller's class has the most points, with Mrs. Ramsey and Mrs. Steffen's class rounding out the top 3!
Today we had our last day of extension activities, we love these days! Huge thank you to the Children's Discovery Museum, IL Art Station, ONE PTO, and our parent volunteers! We are looking forward to having Art class regularly next year!
Article: bit.ly/olyDSA1
If you're not ready to #deletefacebook, here are 13 simple things you and your kids can do on your social accounts, phones, and devices to keep data safe. By Caroline Knorr
These students were recognized for our February Spartan Spotlight of Kindness. Thank you for setting a wonderful example for your classmates and fellow Spartans!
5 Internet Safety Tips for Kids: bit.ly/OlySPV1
Sharing photos, posting comments, playing video games -- these are just a few of the ways that kids interact online. But when sharing goes beyond friends and family, it can be risky.
What’s Taxed and What’s Not Under the One-Cent Tax Proposal
Did you know? The one-cent tax proposed for McLean County only applies to items that are currently subject to Illinois sales tax. Here’s what won’t be taxed:
🍞 Groceries / Unprepared Food
💊 Prescription medications
🚗 Vehicles (cars, trucks, boats, RVs, mobile homes)
🚜 Farm equipment, parts, and inputs
💈 Personal/professional services (haircuts, accounting, legal services, etc.)
📊 Wholesale purchases
What will be taxed? Only items that are currently taxed under Illinois law. For example:
🍜 Prepared foods
📺 Retail purchases (clothing, electronics, etc.)
📦 Online sales
If approved, this tax will help fund critical improvements for our schools while minimizing impact on essential purchases. Learn more about how these funds would impact our school community by attending our community information meeting on March 10th @ 5:00 p.m. in the Media Center at Olympia High School, visiting our webpage www.april1cent.info or contacting us directly.
We had a great turn out for Family Reading Night! Thanks to everyone who could come out.
🗣️Community Meeting Tonight!📅
Our community meeting to discuss the One Cent Tax referendum will be held tonight. Join us to learn more and ask questions.
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Tonight! March 10th, 5 PM, OHS Media Center
RSVP and details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/958190719740166
🗣️Upcoming Meeting📅
Join us this month as we share information on the One-Cent Tax referendum. Learn more and ask questions!
📍Meeting:
March 10th, 5 PM, OHS Media Center
RSVP and details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/958190719740166
#april1cent
Did you know? When you shop in other counties, you may already be contributing to their local schools. Many neighboring counties, including Sangamon, Peoria, Champaign, Logan and Macon, already have the one-cent tax. Now, McLean County voters will determine if the tax is approved for local schools.
If approved, the proposed One-Cent Tax will provide funding for safety upgrades, facility improvements, and property tax stabilization.
Learn more about the sales tax by attending our community information meeting on March 10th @ 5:00 p.m., visiting our webpage www.april1cent.info or contacting us directly
#april1cent
Rooms Notifications; Stay In The Know!
Once you are all set up in Rooms, make sure that you turn your app notifications on so that you don't have to open the app to check for messages. Follow the steps in the image to get prepared!
Hello March!
Please note the change regarding PreK attendance on March 12. Due to the snowday in February, PM PreK will attend instead of AM PreK.
460 Olympia guardians have accepted their invite and joined Rooms. Now it's your turn!
Check your inbox for an email from @edurooms.com, click "create a password", and connect your account with your student. Finish your registration by creating a unique password. Download our Olympia CUSD 16 app, toggle over to "Classes", and sign in using the account you just created!
Now enjoy the ability to message back and forth with teachers and activity leaders no matter the grade level or activity they participate in!
Yearbook Orders close TODAY!
Our brains are great at using past experiences to make quick decisions on the fly, but these shortcuts can also lead to bias. "Confirmation bias" is our brain's tendency to seek out information that confirms things we already think we know. Help your students learn to recognize this when they encounter news online, as a way to examine competing opinions and ideas and to avoid drawing questionable conclusions.
Mark your calendars for Family Reading Night! You will not want to miss this fun family event, but we need your help! We are looking for magazines and recycylable materials (toilet paper/paper towel rolls, plastic containers, paper/plastic cups, milk, juice and egg cartons, cans, plastic bottles, etc.) for a project students & families will be working on that evening. If you have any of these items, please send them into school with your student! Thank you!
Family Tip Sheet: bit.ly/OlyNMFR2
Wikipedia.org is where millions of people stop first for information. Tools like it are what make the internet so valuable. But they also teach an important lesson, one you can start teaching your kids now: don’t believe everything you read.
